The Effects of Promoting Parental Activity Organizing Behaviors on Executive Function (EF) among Preschool Children with EF Impairment
Keywords:
Executive function (EF), parental activity organizing behaviours, parent, pre-schoolerAbstract
Executive function (EFs) is learning skills that affect the abilities of pre-schoolers. This quasiexperimental study examined the effectiveness of the parent’s activity behaviour promotion program on preschool children’s EFs at the Child Development Center, Bueng Yitho Municipality, Pathum Thani Province. Purposive sampling was used to select the sample. Total of 60 preschool children with a deficit in EFs and their parents included. Descriptive statistics and Paired t-test were used for data analysis. The preschool children in the experimental group had a higher EFs, from moderate (Mean = 3.17, SD = 1.23) to good (Mean = 4.13, SD = 9.4). In addition, the experimental group of preschool children had statistically significantly higher EFs than the control group in all dimensions (p < .001). Parents play an essential role in developing EFs for their children. Therefore, the program to promote the behaviour of parents’ activities to develop an EFs for preschool children should be implemented, especially in child development centers across Thailand.
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